Martz v. Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority

LORD, Senior Judge.

Floyd Martz appeals a Philadelphia Common Pleas Court order granting the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority’s (SEPTA) motion for summary judgment. We affirm.

Martz filed a two-count complaint against SEPTA, charging it with (1) false arrest and imprisonment and (2) malicious prosecution. According to that complaint, SEPTA investigators and policemen forcibly and violently seized Martz, a SEPTA conductor, while he was on duty and placed him under arrest for employee theft. These SEPTA agents also lodged a criminal complaint against Martz. As a result, Martz…